I never agreed to self-driving cars on the road

[CharlesDavenport]

More unsurprising reports of dangerous self-driving cars. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...r-apparently-runs-red-light-in-san-francisco/

Uber launched the fleet of self-driving Volvo SUV’s Wednesday morning, just hours before the incident.

Dashboard video from a Luxor Cab captured the Volvo apparently running the light after the taxi had stopped for the light. Just in front of the SFMOMA building.

There was also a second incident reported by Twitter user Annie Gaus Wednesday morning. She initially posted at 9:48 a.m. that she saw “a ‘self-driving’ Uber” that entered the intersection on Van Ness Avenue on a red light and nearly hit the Lyft car she was riding in.

Keep that **** in the lab until you have dedicated roads for self-driving cars. Having people in them just in case doesn't do it for me. There is no way they will be engaged enough to provide sufficient safety back-up if they are not actually driving. We don't get to vote on this? They can just let these accidents waiting to happen out on the road? Not cool.

This is pretty awesome logic -

According to Uber, the cars aren’t yet ready to be hit the streets without someone monitoring them, meaning someone from the company was likely behind the wheel. A statement issued by Uber Wednesday afternoon attributed the red-light being run in the video to an error by the person monitoring the car.

“This incident was due to human error,” the statement read. “This is why we believe so much in making the roads safer by building self-driving Ubers. This vehicle was not part of the pilot and was not carrying customers. The driver involved has been suspended while we continue to investigate.”

So they are not ready to be on the street without someone also behind the wheel. The accident was caused by someone behind the wheel, which is why we need self-driving cars. Bottom line is keep them off public roads while you experiment.

 

[CharlesDavenport]

Good delete. That was hilariously stupid.